CBS 07952 (P262903)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07952

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Consignments of grain etc.; (Obv)(i)7x(ii)5x(Rev)(iii)5x(iv)10x(v)7 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  traces
reverse
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. PAP ur-{d}nin#-[x]
3'. PAP ($ blank $)
4'. PAP ur-{d}nin-[x]-da [(x)]
5'. PAP a-ba-x-[...]
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. apin [...]
2'. 1(barig@c) lu2-x-[x (x)]
3'. 1(barig@c)# lugal-e-x
4'. 1(barig@c)# lugal-en-nu
5'. apin GAN2-me
6'. 1(barig@c) lugal-iti-da
7'. dub-sar
8'. 1(barig@c) lugal-banda3-sze3
9'. dumu lu2-PI-PI
10'. ($ blank $) ur-{d}suen
  blank line
column 3'
1'. [...]-x
2'. [...]-ki
3'. [...]-x-da
4'. [...]-sag#
5'. [...]-zi
6'. [...] x
7'. [...]-x-kam
8'. [...]
  rest broken

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Consult word list of ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: mid. u. pt, obv. badly mutilated, ruled
  • Join Information:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Consignments of grain etc.; (Obv)(i)7x(ii)5x(Rev)(iii)5x(iv)10x(v)7 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 07952
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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Cite this Artifact
“CBS 07952 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P262903.
CBS 07952 artifact entry (No. P262903). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P262903 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 07952 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P262903 (Accessed: May 1, 2025).
@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 07952 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P262903},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P262903},
}

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